Babbitt Technician

Location:

Houston, TX, 77407

Work Arrangement:
Onsite

This position properly cleans, tins, and applies babbitt to ferrous and non‑ferrous bearings. Responsibilities include preparing, cleaning, and babbitting machine components using various processes such as spinning, TIG, or puddling.

• Work from routings, drawings, process sheets, setup sheets, and verbal instructions.
• Follow babbitting SOP including cleaning, acid washing, dipping or coating in molten tin, adding babbitt via spinning, or static pouring.
• Maintain a clean and orderly workspace to 5S standards.
• Work safely, wearing protective eye wear and gloves.
• Fill out in‑process inspection reports as required.
• Notify supervisor of damaged material or discrepancies.
• Disassemble, repair, and reassemble bearings as required.
• Inspect own work to ensure tolerances and finishes are as prescribed.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of related experience.
• Ability to perform basic mathematics in all units of measure.
• Determine required tools and equipment for a job.
• Ability to set up manual machines.
• Experience machining finish‑grade components to tight tolerances.
• TIG and/or welding experience.
• Experience with ultrasonic testing and dye‑penetrant testing.
• General bearing knowledge.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles for precision technical plans.
• Ability to read blueprints to determine operational methods.

Regular standing, walking, handling, and reaching. Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds; occasionally up to 30 pounds. Vision requirements include distance, color, peripheral, depth perception.

Work near moving mechanical parts. Exposure to wet, humid conditions and extreme heat. Moderate noise level.

Benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer contributions, medical, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, short‑term and long‑term disability, life and AD&D insurance, supplemental insurance, optional accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, commuter benefits, parental, military, jury duty, bereavement leaves, paid time off, employee discounts, and an employee assistance program with counseling and legal services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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